Matt Schubert

SPORTS: Ex-Port Angeles Roughrider looks to Rose Bowl game

PORT ANGELES — Nobody was beating down Josh Sanford’s door following his senior year of high school. Then a 6-foot-2, 260-pound all-league left tackle for… Continue reading

 

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: Low rivers keep steelhead at bay

STEELHEADERS ARE WELL known for their complaints. Rarely, however, does it have anything to do with a lack of rain. But for whatever reason —… Continue reading

 

HIGH SCHOOLS: Port Angeles’ McCartney dunk sparks win over North Kitsap [**Other prep results**]

PORT ANGELES — Hayden McCartney got the dunk he was looking for. But as the senior’s puffed-up bloody lip illustrated, the Port Angeles boys basketball… Continue reading

 

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: And to all a good night

THROW OUT THE tube socks, Santa. I’ve got more than enough whites to survive another wet North Olympic Peninsula winter. What I really want this… Continue reading

SPORTS: Costs keep Port Townsend in the bigger Olympic League

NOBODY LIKES MONEY playing a role in high school athletics. The idea that Class 1A Port Townsend can’t afford to move from the predominantly 2A… Continue reading

SPORTS: Practice makes perfect as the Neah Bay girls basketball team eyes state title

NEAH BAY — Lisa Halttunen puts a premium on practice. Understandable. Given all the talent on the Neah Bay girls basketball team this winter, and… Continue reading

SPORTS: Preview capsules for Class 1B boys basketball

Quilcene â–  Head coach: Mark Thompson (third year) â–  Last year: 7-7 in 1B Sea-Tac, 10-9 overall; reached 1B tri-district. â–  Returning starters: Jake Pleines… Continue reading

SPORTS: Preview capsules for Class 1B girls basketball

Quilcene â–  Head coach: Tiffany Parks (first year). â–  Last year: 8-6 in 1B Sea-Tac, 13-10 overall; reached 1B tri-district. â–  Returning starters: None. â– … Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Birds to get no privacy in Christmas count

HOOTERS WILL BE out in full force this week. From Hudson Point to Hooker Road, birders will take to the trails to tally our feathered… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Townsend to stay put in Olympic League

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend High School athletic department isn’t going anywhere. Port Townsend School District Superintendent Gene Laes announced to coaches his decision… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: One more time for Sol Duc steelhead program

THE SNIDER CREEK steelhead broodstock program may not be dead. If it were a spawning steelie, however, it would almost certainly be flopping around some… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles runs away from youthful Port Townsend in boys basketball

PORT TOWNSEND — For one quarter, the Port Angeles boys basketball team was near flawless Monday night. That turned out to be more than enough… Continue reading

SPORTS: Port Angeles slips past Olympic in girls basketball

PORT ANGELES — The Olympic League schedule is no longer a string of double-digit blowouts for the Port Angeles girls basketball team. As the Roughriders’… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Steelies cause a ruckus at West End rivers

THE WEST END turned into a parking lot last weekend. The rivers were finally in fishing shape, hatchery steelhead were swarming like a plague of… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S OUTDOORS: The 2011 mushroom contest [**Gallery**]

FUNGI HAS A way of popping up in unexpected places. Throughout my time on the North Olympic Peninsula, I have become acquainted with that fact.… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Port Townsend High School considers jumping to Nisqually League

THE FUTURE OF the Port Townsend athletic department will be decided in the next 10 days. After a spirited school board meeting a few weeks… Continue reading

SPORTS: In the zone; dirty word for some, solid defense for others in girls basketball

There is a stigma attached to zone defense at all levels of basketball. To some coaches, using one is tantamount to sacrificing your basketball bona… Continue reading

MATT SCHUBERT’S PREP NOTES: Physical Red Devils grind out 1B title

THERE WERE FEW secrets regarding the Neah Bay football team this fall. The Red Devils were going to run first, second and third. And if… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay captures state Class 1B football championship

TACOMA — Titus Pascua and Keaton Hawkins embraced amid a throng of supporters crammed together in a cramped corner of the Tacoma Dome. The two… Continue reading

SPORTS: Neah Bay uses stout defense to hold off Almira in state-title game

TACOMA — Almira Coulee Hartline had one of the most explosive offenses in the state coming into Friday’s Class 1B championship football game against Neah… Continue reading